419 scam: "Her Excellency Mrs. Aisha Buhari,"<aisha@aisha.org> RE: FROM Her Excellency Mrs. Aisha Buhari,

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- mrsahburari@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Her Excellency Mrs. Aisha Buhari," (may be fake)
Reply-To: <icpcoffice00190@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 18:23:32 +0100
Subject: RE: FROM Her Excellency Mrs. Aisha Buhari,

Her Excellency Mrs. Aisha Buhari,
The Wife of the president
Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Dear Sir/Madam,

Listen carefully, I am Mrs. Aisha Buhari the wife of the President Federal Republic of Nigeria, My husband came back yesterday with 100s of files belonging to contractors and beneficiaries, when I look into the files I found out that it belongs to beneficiaries that have not been paid by the Central Bank of Nigeria.

After going through all the files very well, I asked too many questions concerning this but I receive no answer, among all the files your file is the only one which I found out that has all the required documents needed by the Central Bank of Nigeria and other related banks to make a swift transfer of your fund direct into your account and I asked my husband why you have not received your payment as he come come from London for treatment, he gave me no reasonable answer to that, he only blame former officials of government and banks for their inability to do their work perfectly that was why I picked interest in you and I decided to write to you.

Already your payment has been approved by the past government, but the officers appointed and in charge of releasing this payment to you with-held your fund payment for their own selfish interest and the former president Dr. Good-luck Jonathan does not care to know if the officers he appointed to pay you your fund actually did their work, but for their very surprise my husband won the presidential election and he is currently sitting as the elected civilian president and which every citizens of Nigeria are happy because a lot of lives will be liberated by the grace of God, Amen! I took my time in noting down all your payment release details, and below are as follows.

Payment Reference No: 35460021
Allocation No: 674632
Password No : 339331
Pin Code No: 55674
Your Certificate of Merit Payment No : 103
CBN Released Code No: 0763
Immediate Telex confirmation No: 1114433
Secret Code No: XXTN013

I will help you if only you can comply and follow my advice, your payment file is right now in our house not in the office of the presidency or central bank of Nigeria or any other bank, so if any body is writing to you from any bank or any financial firm here in Nigeria or abroad, my dear consider the person and email fake and fraud. As soon as I hear from you, I will advise you on what to do and how to do it so that your fund will be released and confirm into your account in less than one week.

Remember that this is confidential because if my husband knows that I wrote to you concerning your payment file, it will bring problem for me and he may believe that I am interested in your file only and he can cancel your payment indefinitely. But I promise to give you the best advice that will help you to receive your fund in less than one week as soon as I receive your prompt email.

I am waiting for your urgent reply ( mrsahburari@hotmail.com )

Remain blessed,
Her Excellency Mrs. Aisha Buhari,
The Wife of the president
Federal Republic of Nigeria.

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